Nuisance
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Toff v McDowell and others
Residential property — Flat conversions — Plaintiff purchasing basement flat — Freehold company being struck off — Property vesting in Crown — Crown not disclaiming lease — Plaintiff pursuing claim…
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Cambridge Water Co v Eastern Counties Leather plc
Public water supply — Escape of chemical — Seepage into the ground — Water polluted as a result over a course of years — Whether person responsible for using chemical…
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Blue Circle Cement plc v Ministry of Defence
Pollution of land – Prospective purchaser withdrawing – Liability under Nuclear Installation Act 1965 – Damages
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Camden London Borough Council v Gunby
Council serving notice complaining of statutory nuisance – Notice served on managing agent – Whether notice properly served – Whether managing agent within definition of “owner” in section 80(2) Environmental…
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Murdoch and another v Glacier Metal Co Ltd
Noise from factory – Factory situated in area of mixed residential and industrial property – Plaintiffs complaining of sleep disturbance from noise levels – Whether common law nuisance established -…
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Bybrook Barn Centre Ltd and others v Kent County Council
Stream passing through culvert beneath road maintainable by respondents – Highway and other works in catchment area causing greater run-off of rainwater – Culvert initially adequate but failing to deal…
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Paterson v Humberside County Council
Damage to property caused by compression of clay soil beneath it — Whether compression of soil caused by abstraction of water by tree roots — Whether other factors diminished liability…
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City of London Corporation v Bovis Construction Ltd
Nuisance — Construction site noise — Noise suffered by neighbours — Notice served by local authority under section 60 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 — Notice ignored and…
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R v Mid Sussex Justices, ex parte Mid Sussex District Council
Noise — Clay pigeon shooting — Abatement notices issued — Statutory nuisance — Appeal against notices — Notices quashed on ground they failed to specify works required — Judicial review…
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Pemberton v Southwark London Borough Council
Council owning premises – Tenant becoming tolerated trespasser after failing to comply with terms of suspended possession order – Whether tolerated trespasser having sufficient interest in premises to bring action…
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Habinteg Housing Association v James
Tenancy — Cockroach infestation — Landlord not in occupation of any part of demised premises — Whether landlord liable in nuisance and/or negligence — First instance decision of no liability…
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Hurst and another v Hampshire County Council
Plaintiffs’ property suffering structural damage – Plaintiffs claiming damage caused by tree in verge of highway – Whether highway authority liable in nuisance and negligence – Whether highway authority had…